The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1887-10-01
HE TOOK IT ALIVE.
Startling Remedy for Fever and Agus Pre-
scribed by North of Ireland Woman.
oMaIaria2,'

HsMalaria?'
"Yes, malaria. !"
'sNo, sir. I'm no more afraid OF ma
laria than am of you, and as the
speaker was at least ten inches taller than
the reporter and proportionately broader,
his fear of that dread malady was proba-
bly, not excessive. ssI've had malaria
and I've been cured. -
more than once.
s'Not if he is cured the way was.
About ten years ago / was living in Indi-
ana, in Vigo county, near Terre Haute
In those days man was regarded as
a stranger until he had drank about
gallon of whisky and quinine and shaken
down his bedstead three or four times
with the ague. I had a rather reticent
nature, and 1 suppose it took the climate
longer to get acquainted with me than it
did the ordinary run of men. For had
to drink about a barrel of whisky and
take whole pounds of quinine before I
could get strong enough to even shake
myself, let alone a bed. Old citizens
told me that I had the worst case of
fever n ague, as they called it, that
the county had ever seen.
s'How were you cured?"
81 was just coming to that. I was
living with the Dennis family, from the
tell me she could stop my chills if I only
would take her medicine. She never
would tell me what her medicine was,
but always said if / would let her be the
doctor she would cure me. Finally, one
day, agreed. She waited till evening"
Then she brought to my bed towel.
8" "'Bind that around your head SO you
can't see, said she.
"sWhat's that for?' said /.
" WHO'S the doctor, you or me?' said
she.
$50 bound the rag about my head.
"'Now, said she, take this glass of
water in your right hand, open your
mouth, take your dose and drink of
water the second it is in your mouth.
Be sure and swallow what give you.
81 promised, but there was something
SO ominous about her preparations that it
was with no little apprehension that
opened my mouth, held my breath and
braced up to take my punishment. .
''Did it taste bad?''
'sIt didn't have any taste at all. 1t
felt like little ball of dust such as you
find in the corner of the carpet.
washed it down several seconds quicker
than instantly, you may be sure. Just
as it was going down felt sharp pain
in my throat as if it had scratched
g is it DOWN. asked Mrs. Dennis.
"sYes, said.
i" "sAll DOWN.
g yes, now tell me what I've taken
"sIl tell you tomorrow, and then
you II have no more shakes.
81 slept soundly that night, but when
| woke up in the morning my throat was
swollen and very painful. About 10
She had a. little pasteboard box in her
hand.
"'There, said she, look in there and
see what it is
ssI looked Then felt the blood leave
my heart. I turned cold and tainted.
When I recovered Mrs. Dennis was
standing by my side.
".Did take one of those?' asked.
sssYou took the mate of that one.
s'That was years ago, and never had
chill after that day. My throat got
well in time and SO did I. was effectu-
ally cured, but wouldn't take another
dose of that medicine to save my life.
''What was it you swallowed?" asked
the reporter.
''It was d big, hairy black spider, and
it was alive. New York Mail and
Express.